Loud stereo leads Lorain police to stolen TV

LORAIN — Excessive noise coming from a car stereo April 12 led to a drug possession charge for an 18-year-old Lorain man and the confiscation of a reported stolen television.
Officers were clearing a call on East 32nd Street at 2 p.m. when they heard music blaring from a Pontiac Grand Am driven by Devin Sweat.
Sweat and a passenger pulled into Fuel 57 gasoline station, 3139 Grove Ave., when officers stopped the car, according to a Lorain police report.
While speaking with Sweat, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, officers noticed an odor of burnt marijuana coming from inside the vehicle, according to the report.
Sweat and his passenger were detained. While searching the Grand Am, officers found a clear plastic bag containing a 30 milligram Oxycodone tablet in the center console and the 37-inch Magnavox television in the trunk of the car, the report stated.
The man told police he bought the television and was unaware that it was stolen, according to the report.
Sweat was arrested and later charged with possession of a schedule II narcotic after admitting the pill belonged to him. Police also gave him a citation for excessive noise citation.
Sweat did not have a prescription for the narcotic, the report stated.
The television was tagged and stored into evidence.